Capital structure and Central securities depository: Difference between pages

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(CSD).

A facility for holding securities that allows securities transactions to be processed by book entry.

Physical securities may be immobilised by the depository or securities may be dematerialised (solely recorded as electronic records).

In addition to safekeeping, a central securities depository may produce comparison, clearing and settlement functions.

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-Capital structure refers to the sources of capital for a firm as well as the proportion in which they are present.
+(CSD).
-This term is also used in a simpler way to refer to the relative proportions of equity and debt within the firm’s long-term capital.
+A facility for holding securities that allows securities transactions to be processed by book entry.
+Physical securities may be immobilised by the depository or securities may be dematerialised (solely recorded as electronic records).
+In addition to safekeeping, a central securities depository may produce comparison, clearing and settlement functions.
 == See also ==
-* [[Capital]]
+* [[Clearing]]
-* [[Corporate finance]]
+* [[CRESTCo]]
-* [[Equity]]
+* [[Euroclear]]
-* [[Modigliani and Miller]]
+* [[International Central Securities Depository]]
-* [[Optimal capital structure]]
+* [[Securities settlement system]]
+* [[Settlement]]
-[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
+[[Category:Cash_management]]